Chapter 214
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Chapter 214: Pursuit and Mounted Archery
“I can’t fight any longer, I need to retreat for now…”
Such a thought flashed through Burigude’s mind.
As this thought emerged, Burigude took a deep breath and immediately unleashed his full strength.
While forcefully seizing control of the battle, he launched three consecutive fierce attacks.
Ultimately, he still failed to break through Luo Yong’s round shield defense.
A trace of reluctance flashed in his eyes, and then he fiercely whipped his mount.
“Shhhhh!!!”
Stimulated by the pain, the warhorse charged incredibly fast.
In the blink of an eye, it opened up a significant distance.
Looking back at Luo Yong, who couldn’t catch up even after a frantic chase, Burigude let out a sigh of relief.
At the same time, he guiltily stroked his good companion’s mane.
“Sorry, partner…”
He had no choice but to do that in the situation just now.
After twenty or thirty rounds of fighting, he had clearly realized that the opponent’s short-distance burst of speed, achieved purely through strength, was formidable.
To shake him off, he had to be ruthless.
After briefly comforting his good companion, a hint of ferocity flashed in Burigude’s sharp, hawk-like eyes.
Then, he took down the horned bow from his back.
Firing an arrow, he shot three arrows directly towards Luo Yong’s face behind him.
The opponent’s drawing motion was astonishingly fast.
The wildly galloping warhorse beneath him completely failed to affect his accuracy.
Three whistling arrows flew before Luo Yong’s eyes in the blink of an eye.
As a shield-axe soldier, facing this kind of incoming attack from a distance, he instinctively raised the round leather shield in his hand.
At that moment, three muffled thuds were heard.
Three arrows were successively blocked by Luo Yong.
However, Luo Yong hadn’t even had time to exhale fully when a sharp pain from his abdomen completely froze his expression.
He didn’t look at the bleeding wound on his left abdomen.
His eyes were fixed on Burigude in the distance, who still maintained his drawing posture.
This guy’s previous three-shot volley was intentionally aimed at his face, to make him raise his shield to block.
But while blocking the arrows, his vision would also be affected.
It was in that instant that the opponent aimed at his defenceless body and shot the fourth arrow…
“Luo Yong!”
Bai Ze, who subsequently came galloping, instantly changed color upon seeing this scene.
He had originally intended to pursue and kill Burigude, as the weakness of infantry’s lack of mobility was self-evident, meaning the pursuit task could only be left to their cavalry.
Unexpectedly, Luo Yong, who had not previously faced off against skilled archers, had now fallen directly into Burigude’s trap…
At this moment, Bai Ze felt a faint ache in the wound below his collarbone.
That’s right, that wound wasn’t from a spear thrust at all, but an arrow wound!
When he first arrived with his own tribe members, similarly new to the area, he had also suffered greatly due to the opponent’s exquisite mounted archery skills!
“Burigude!!”
With a roar, killing intent began to surge in Bai Ze’s eyes.
Charging all the way, his beloved horse White Dragon’s speed had already reached its maximum.
The distance between the two sides was rapidly closing!
Sensing Bai Ze’s approach, Burigude’s heart tightened.
He had been about to deliver another arrow to Luo Yong but decisively changed his target, shooting towards Bai Ze instead.
Deeply familiar with the opponent’s methods, how could Bai Ze be unprepared at this moment?
He directly flattened himself on White Dragon’s back.
His quickly lowered posture allowed him to easily dodge this arrow.
After shooting one arrow, Burigude didn’t relentlessly keep firing arrows.
He knew Bai Ze’s prowess.
Although he was skilled in mounted archery, able to gallop wildly while simultaneously drawing and firing his bow, there would definitely be some impact.
It was just that with enough practice, that impact was suppressed to a very small degree.
And at this very moment, he also somewhat lacked the energy to continuously draw and fire his bow.
After putting away his bow, he directly shifted his focus to riding, trying to shake him off.
However, Bai Ze’s horsemanship was clearly not far behind Burigude’s.
The only difference was perhaps the troop type configuration?
In Luo Ji’s words, Bai Ze was a light cavalryman specializing in sudden assaults and support, while Burigude was a bow cavalryman skilled in kiting tactics and luring enemies deep.
Both could only be said to have their own strengths, and it couldn’t be said which was superior.
But currently, the key factor influencing the outcome of this battle was the speed of both sides, or in other words, the mobility of cavalry!
What was the biggest difference between light cavalry and bow cavalry?
The answer was that light cavalry was a unit that would try to minimize equipment, go into battle lightly armed, and maximize their speed advantage!
In contrast, the weight of a quiver of arrows and a horned bow might usually be ignored.
However, at this very moment, it became the decisive factor in this chase battle!
“Damn it! I can’t shake him off…”
Clenching his teeth, while galloping wildly, Burigude’s peripheral vision frequently swept behind him.
Not only could he not shake him off?
He could clearly feel the distance between them continuously closing!
In the previous few exchanges with Bai Ze, although he had gained all the advantages in archery, once the opponent charged in and the fight turned to close combat, he would fall completely into a disadvantage.
This made him clearly realize that if he wanted to defeat Bai Ze, he could only rely on mounted archery!
And mounted archery was their grasslanders’ proudest skill.
Thinking of this, a hint of determination quickly flashed in Burigude’s eyes.
With a flick of his hand, the horned bow was once again in his grasp.
Raising his hand, he shot three arrows directly towards Bai Ze, who was closely pursuing him!
The opponent’s movements naturally caught Bai Ze’s attention immediately.
However, Burigude’s three arrows were extremely malicious.
They weren’t aimed at him at all, but at his beloved horse, White Dragon!
At this moment, Bai Ze’s heart was filled with both shock and anger.
While sweeping away the arrows with his spear, he also quickly pulled the reins, controlling White Dragon to dodge.
Just a single dodging movement, for a cavalryman in the midst of a charge, had a huge impact.
White Dragon’s charging speed noticeably decreased.
The distance between the two sides was widened again.
He had failed to kill Burigude in previous encounters.
Bai Ze truly did not want to miss this current opportunity.
However, things didn’t go as he wished.
Just as he was about to adjust his state and give chase, accompanied by a dense thundering of hooves, a volley of arrows shot towards him from the distance!
“Are those grasslanders retreating?!”
Burigude’s earlier action of breaking away from the main battle and charging out had probably also given the other grasslanders a signal to retreat.
Now, everyone was withdrawing towards this area.
If he continued to pursue, he would likely be met with an entire volley of volleys.
Thinking of this, the rational Bai Ze decisively pulled the reins in his hand, controlling White Dragon to charge towards another direction…
